Robson close to title role

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IT SAYS MUCH ABOUT Newcastle United’s heady progress that they are starting to wonder about Sir Alex Ferguson’s motives. When British football’s answer to Machiavelli posited last week that the denizens of St James’ Park should be considered candidates for the championship, alarm bells started clanging. “Maybe it’s psychology on his part,” Kieron Dyer mused on Saturday evening. But is it a compliment or a challenge?

Courtesy of a comfortable victory over Manchester City — led by Kevin Keegan, the man who last persuaded the club to think of themselves as title material — Newcastle climbed to third, their highest